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Fachin delays full access to Brazil’s fake news inquiry pending review
Brazilian Supreme Court President Edson Fachin has denied Justice Luiz Fux immediate full access to the court’s fake news inquiry.
The inquiry opened seven years ago and was led by Justice Alexandre de Moraes before responsibility moved to Fachin.
The court says 104 related procedures, including petitions and preliminary investigations, still need review.
Fachin says the review will determine whether further steps are needed, including sending files to police and the prosecutor-general’s office.
Those bodies may consider charges, requests to close cases or other measures.
Fachin has indicated that the inquiry is expected to be permanently archived after the pending work is completed, and its documents made public.
Other related proceedings are already public and can be accessed immediately.
Supreme Court President Edson Fachin denied Justice Luiz Fux immediate full access to the Fake News inquiry.
Fachin said pending procedures must be reviewed before the inquiry can be made public.
He indicated the inquiry should be definitively closed after the review and required procedural steps.
The court identified 104 pending procedures linked to the inquiry, including petitions and preliminary investigations.
Other related cases are public and available for immediate access, Fachin said.
- Who
- Supreme Court President Edson Fachin denied Justice Luiz Fux’s request for immediate full access.
- What
- Fachin said pending procedures must be reviewed before the Fake News inquiry is made public and indicated it should then be definitively closed.
- When
- October 9, 2026.
- Where
- Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court.
- Why
- Fachin said procedures remain pending and require review before a decision on the inquiry’s outcome.
Luiz Fux
Edson Fachin
Access
Luiz Fux
Fux requested immediate, full access to the inquiry.
Edson Fachin
Fachin denied immediate full access because procedures remain pending review.
Disclosure
Luiz Fux
Fux sought access to the inquiry’s contents.
Edson Fachin
Fachin said the inquiry would be made fully public after the review and required procedural steps.
the objective is to responsibly complete the analysis of the pending procedures and, after all necessary procedural steps, definitively close the inquiry
The Fake News inquiry reached its seventh anniversary, according to Folha.
The Fake News inquiry was transferred to the Supreme Court Presidency’s jurisdiction.
Fachin denied Fux immediate full access and said pending procedures required review before the inquiry could be definitively closed.
- Pending procedures
- 104
- Inquiry number
- Inquest 4.781
- Requesting justice
- Luiz Fux
- Supreme Court president
- Edson Fachin
- Previous rapporteur
- Alexandre de Moraes
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